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A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories
by Butler, Robert Olen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0805019863
- ISBN 13
- 9780805019865
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. INSCRIBED by the Pulitzer Prize winning author on the front free endpage. A personal gift inscription is below the author's signature. First Edition-1992 stated on the copyright page with the full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Price clipped. Dust jacket shows some soiling and wear, minor soiling to edges of bottom pages.
Reviews
On Mar 30 2005, Ash Grove Heirloom Books said:
Pulitzer Prize winning collection of short stories fictionalized from interviews of Vietnamese living in Lake Charles area of New Orleans. These are the stories of the people who really lost the war and their homeland, the exiles.
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- Bookseller
- Bookbid Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1013012
- Title
- A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories
- Author
- Butler, Robert Olen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0805019863
- ISBN 13
- 9780805019865
- Publisher
- New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
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About the Seller
Bookbid Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Beverly Hills, California
About Bookbid Rare Books
Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
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- Number Line
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- Jacket
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